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Fall 2020 – Site visit: Get to know Rogers Park
We met at the corner of Howard and Ashland ready for a site visit of Hello Howard Garden in Rogers Park, hoping to contextualize the...
Louisa Zheng
Sep 13, 2020


Fall 2020– Workshop #1: What is a Corridor Development Initiative?
We kicked-off City Open Workshop Fall 2020 – we are excited to be collaborating this season with the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC)...
Paola Aguirre + Louisa Zheng
Sep 2, 2020

Spring 2020– Workshop #3: Hosting a Digital Town Hall
We opened City Open Workshop Spring 2020 with the idea of exploring various formats for meeting and engagement- in my mind, I jumped to...
Elle Ramel
May 7, 2020


Spring 2020– Workshop #2: Chi Hack Night Visit
At last week’s meeting, City Open Workshop made a visit to Chi Hack Night, a non-profit organization that focuses its public events...
CAT MONTIEL
Mar 23, 2020


Spring 2020– Workshop #1: Town Hall Simulation
City Open started its eighth season this month, hosting a second simulated town hall. City Open hosted its first simulated town hall a...
STEVEN VANCE + ROBBIE MARKUS
Mar 23, 2020


Fall 2019 – Workshop #6: Equitable Development + ADUs
The 6th workshop of our fall season was kicked off by Kendra Freeman of the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) on the topic of Equitable...
JAMES YOUNG
Nov 20, 2019


Fall 2019 – Workshop #5: Planning a (Good) Community Meeting
On November 6th, City Open Workshop welcomed Gaylord Minett, urban planner and community organizer who has experience in stakeholder...
ELLE RAMEL + AL WALKER
Nov 6, 2019


Fall 2019 – Workshop #4: How to Construct an ADU
The fourth workshop for our fall season was led by Curtis Florence, a Development Manager at Clayco-CRG. It was during this session that...
ANNE BALL
Oct 24, 2019


Fall 2019 – Workshop #3: Building Capital + Partnerships for ADUs
Our third workshop of the season was basically a cracked fire hydrant of knowledge thanks to the generous contributions of not one, but...
GENEVIEVE WASSER
Oct 10, 2019


Fall 2019 – Workshop #2: ADUs Design Guides
The 2nd workshop of this Fall was led by James Young and Mark Pomarico (both from Booth Hansen) who have been active participants in...
PAOLA AGUIRRE
Sep 25, 2019
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